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Perspective

Sep. 30, 2010

A Wake-up Call for 21st Century Employers

Employers need to keep a close eye on their policies for appropriate use of workplace technology, by Robert D. Brownstone and Sheeva J. Ghassemi-Vanni of Fenwick & West.

By Robert D. Brownstone and Sheeva J. Ghassemi-Vanni

The June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the City of Ontario v. Quon litigation culminated a long cautionary tale. The takeaways, for both public and private sector employers, center on development, maintenance and enforcement of an effective, appropriate workplace technology-acceptable-use policy.

In large part, an acceptable-use policy is a no-expectation-of-employee-privac...

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